Category Archives: Britain

Wheatear

Passeriformes #2

Place: Treyarnon, Cornwall
Date: 2 October 2011.


[Oenanthe oenanthe, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern wheatear]

The sound of the wheatear (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

Distribution and sightings of the wheatear across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the wheatear across the British Isles

Common Crane

Gruiformes

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Date: 14 February 2010.


Place: Pensthorpe, Norfolk
Date: 3 September 2015.


[Grus grus, Family Gruidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common crane]

The sound of the common crane (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the crane across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of crane across the British Isles

Collared Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Salthouse, Norfolk
Date: 3 September 2015.


[Streptopelia decaocto, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian collared dove]

The sound of the collared dove(borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

Distribution and sightings of the collared dove across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of collared dove across the British Isles

Black-headed Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Portsmouth harbour
Date: 3 October 2015.


Place: Par Sands, Cornwall
Date: 19 September 2015.


Place: Polkerris, Cornwall
Date: 19 September 2015.


[Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-headed gull]

The sound of the black-headed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the black-headed gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of black-headed gull across the British Isles

Sleepy Mallards

Anseriformes

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 27 September 2015.




[Anas platyrhynchos, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mallard]

The sound of the mallard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

Distribution and sightings of the mallard across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the mallard across the British Isles

Greenfinch

Passeriformes #3

Place: The Eden Project, Cornwall
Date: 19 September 2015.



[Chloris chloris, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European greenfinch]

The sound of the greenfinch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)

Distribution and sightings of the greenfinch across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the greenfinch across the British Isles

Robins, Robins, Everywhere

Passeriformes #2

Place: Porthcurno, Cornwall
Date: 21 February 2010.



Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 11 August 2012.


Place: Mediterranean biome of The Eden Project, Cornwall
Date: 19 September 2015.


[Erithacus rubecula, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European robin]

The sound of the robin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the robin across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the robin across the British Isles

Dunnock

Passeriformes #3

Place: Ogmore-by-Sea, South Wales
Date: 9 March 2014.




[Prunella modularis, Family Prunellidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunnock]

The sound of the dunnock (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the dunnock across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the dunnock across the British Isles

Starlings All in a Row

Passeriformes #2

Place: Wells-Next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Date: 4 September 2015.



Place: Bournemouth
Date: 31 January 2015.


[Sturnus vulgaris, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common starling]

The sound of the starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the starling across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the starling across the British Isles

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Piciformes

Place: Swell Wood RSPB nature reserve, Somerset
Date: 25 May 2013.


[Dendrocopos major, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great spotted woodpecker]

The sound of the great spotted woodpecker (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

Distribution and sightings of the great spotted woodpecker across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the great spotted woodpecker across the British Isles